Seasonal Pattern of Hospitalization from Acute Respiratory Infections in Yaounde, Cameroon
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Seasonal pattern of hospitalization from acute respiratory infections in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are among the leading causes of childhood morbidity and mortality in Africa. The effects of climatic factors on occurrence of ARIs in the tropics are not clear. During the years 2006-07, we reviewed the clinical registers of the Chantal Biya Foundation (CBF), Yaoundé, Cameroon, paediatric hospital to investigate the association between climatic factors and AR...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0142-6338,1465-3664
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp127